Obituaries

Phillip Eugene Prater, age 54, of 3149 Brady Hoffman Road in Lincolnton, went home to his Heavenly home on Saturday, June 15, 2013, after a long courageous battle with leukemia.

His funeral service will be 4:00 pm on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at New Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Cameron Dula officiating. Burial will follow in High Shoals Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm on Monday, June 17, 2013 at Warlick Funeral Home.

Mr. Prater was born January 1, 1959 in Lincoln County to Dorothy Reynolds Prater and the late Joyce "Joe" Harold Prater.  He worked in quality control at Timken for 24 years. He served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher at his church 

He is survived by his wife, Tanya Tucker Prater of the home; two sons, Holden Prater and Landon Prater, both of the home; two brothers, Randy Prater and wife Reba of Iron Station and Scott Prater of Lincolnton; three sisters, Sandra Moore and husband Jimmy, Donna Thomas and husband RIchard, and Tammy Shrum and husband Marty, all of Lincolnton; and his mother, Dorothy Prater of Lincolnton.

Memorials may be made to New Heights Baptist Church, P.O. Box 60, High Shoals, NC 28077, or to the SECU Family House of Winston-Salem, 1970 Baldwin Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.